“Damned thief, you’ll pay a bitter price for this sooner or later!”

[Essence of mental power fragment +1]

[Essence of mental power fragment +1]

“I’ll break your bones with my own claws and tear the scales off your body one by one!”

[Essence of mental power fragment +1]

[Essence of mental power fragment +1]

Several faint blue subtitles flashed in the corners of Thor’s eyes, but he had no time to worry about them right now—two infuriated Hatchling Dragons had already let out sharp roars and were charging at him.

Facing such a ferocious stance, he showed no fear; his short limbs kicked off the ground, and he lunged forward to confront them.

Although newly hatched dragons carry the dragon’s heritage, that vast amount of complex information still requires a long time to be slowly released.

Coupled with the fact that the breath organs in their bodies were not yet fully developed and their magic was very thin, the current fight was no different from a battle between wild beasts.

At this moment, Thor’s advantage of being born nearly an hour earlier became prominent.

Moreover, he had already consumed enough eggshells, causing his muscles to be fully activated and his scales and claws to begin hardening.

Taken together, it meant greater strength, tougher defense, and sharper claws and teeth.

The three Red Dragon hatchlings were provoked like wild cats, tumbling and scuffling together.

Initially, the other two could work together to stalemate Thor, but the flaws in their personalities soon caused the fight to change completely—once they got heated, they completely ignored whether they might accidentally injure their companion.

Fine red scales mixed with blood splattered everywhere, and large clouds of dust were kicked up, soon covering the three Hatchling Dragons in grime.

Fortunately, their claws and teeth were not yet fully developed, and combined with the naturally tough physical constitution of a True Dragon, although the fight looked intense, it wasn’t life-threatening for the time being.

The Red Dragon Mother, who had left the nest earlier, had crawled back at some point.

She looked at the three hatchlings scuffling together, her pupils, which were like glowing red charcoal, suddenly constricted, and she let out a low roar.

Rolling sound waves swept across like a gale, causing the bodies of the three Hatchling Dragons to suddenly stiffen.

Their intuition screamed: if they didn’t stop now, danger would descend immediately.

Red Dragons have no concept of family affection to begin with, or rather, most Five-Colored Dragons have no family affection to speak of.

The Red Dragon Mother didn’t care about the fight between the hatchlings at all; even if one or two died, it was irrelevant. However, she could not tolerate these little guys being noisy in front of her and disturbing her rest… 

Thor glanced at his stunned younger siblings, quickly rolled out, bit onto the largest piece of eggshell on the ground, and hid in the shadows of the cave corner.

The other two Hatchling Dragons snapped out of it, the anger in their hearts reigniting, but under the gaze of the nearby Dragon Mother, none dared to act rashly.

They glanced at each other warily and began to quickly devour the remaining eggshells on the ground.

Even without Thor, they were competitors; since they couldn’t fight right now, they could only try their best to eat faster and more than the other.

It wasn’t until all the eggshell fragments on the ground were eaten clean, and even the dust stained with eggshell crumbs was licked over once, that the two Hatchling Dragons each found a corner, curled up, and lay down.

True Dragons possess an incredibly powerful digestive and absorption system. Those eggshell fragments were quickly converted into rich energy and nutrients, constantly stimulating body development and gradually bringing the three Red Dragon hatchlings into a deep sleep.

In their dreams, a vast amount of information began to emerge. The heritage unique to True Dragons would, during this process, allow them to form a basic understanding of the entire world, master common languages, and learn about the common races… Thor felt like he was having a dream where he was still in human form.

That day, during a break in his work, he habitually opened his phone to slack off, and soon a post about beast vs beast battles caught his eye.

The post discussed which dragons were stronger: the dragons in DND or the dragons in Monster Hunter World.

The replies below spanned hundreds of layers, with netizens from all walks of life arguing incessantly.

And as a veteran “keyboard warrior,” he naturally had to express some insights.

“DND has a higher ceiling, while Monster Hunter has a stronger average quality; of course, you have to look at it comprehensively…”

The dream stopped abruptly there, then turned into a void of white light… The bodies of the three sleeping Hatchling Dragons gradually swelled.

Their originally limp wings on their backs began to develop bones and stand upright; the color of their scales deepened, and two small bumps bulged on their heads.

The originally bright scales were gradually covered by a layer of gray shadow, falling off piece by piece starting from the head, revealing tougher new scales underneath.

Normally, the nutrients and energy contained in a single True Dragon eggshell are just enough to meet the needs of their first deep sleep.

Because Sol had eaten quite a lot before, he developed extremely quickly at this moment, his physique already having grown a size sturdier.

But his two siblings were not so lucky; without enough nutritional supplements, although they wouldn’t starve to death in their sleep, some less important organs could not fully develop. Consequently, while their bones were growing, their muscles couldn’t keep up the pace, leaving them as thin as skin and bones, their appearances somewhat distorted… This deep sleep did not last very long; about 15 days later, Thor woke up.

But he didn’t open his eyes immediately; a blue light screen had appeared before him, with some simple information marked on it.

Name: Thor Heliogabalus Ethermorg…

Race: Red Dragon

Age Group: Hatchling 

Challenge Rating: 3

Talent Template: None

At the very bottom of the light screen was a huge wheel, presented in a seven-layer nested structure. Each layer was divided into different small cells by lines; the further out, the more cells there were.

Below the wheel were the words [essence of mental power] followed by the quantity 0.17.

When Sol focused his attention, he surprisingly discovered that as long as he invested the essence of mental power, he could use this giant wheel to draw prizes.

The dense, countless small grids on the outermost layer represented various miscellaneous items from the Monster Hunter World, including but not limited to wild fruits, ores, soil, and materials dropped from monsters… 

Each draw required one point of essence of mental power.

The number of cells in the next layer inward was significantly reduced, corresponding to various weak environmental creatures, requiring ten points per draw.

Further in, there were sequentially: 

Low Ecological Niche, Medium Ecological Niche, High Ecological Niche, Elder Dragon, and Taboo.

The essence of mental power required for each draw also increased by a factor of 10… 

“Where did this thing come from? Never mind, as long as it’s usable. With just 1 million essence of mental power, I can become a taboo comparable to a god; it really makes one’s heart race. But where am I supposed to get this essence of mental power?”

Intuition told Thor that things probably weren’t that simple.

When his attention moved down to the “essence of mental power” column, sure enough, a detailed description appeared.

Any living creature possesses mental power; the higher the intelligence and strength, the stronger the mental power, and intense emotions are the external manifestation of this power.

As long as a creature holds intense emotions toward Thor—whether it is anger, hatred, admiration, love, or worship—he can obtain the essence of mental power.

‘Isn’t this the same routine as gods absorbing faith?’

Thinking of this, Thor opened his eyes, and two thin, ferocious dragon faces instantly appeared within his sight.

“Karp! Sistana! What are you two sneaking around for!!”